Mediacom Battles Overbuild

AUTHOR(S)

Estrella, Joe

PUB. DATE

September 2000

SOURCE

Multichannel News;09/11/2000, Vol. 21 Issue 37, p3

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on lawsuits filed in Clay County District Court on behalf of Justin Campbell, a resident of Spencer, Iowa, and Mediacom Iowa, the town's cable operator. Plans of the city of Spencer to launch a municipal telecommunications network; Reasons cited by county attorney Michael Zenor for failing to act on allegations against the city and Spencer Municipal Utilities for entering the telecommunications market.

ACCESSION #

3949570

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